Receptacle



Sept. 4, 1928, 1,683,166

w. E. J. CROSSBY ET AL RECEPTACLE Filed Nov. 21, 1927 Patented Sept. 4, 1928.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM EDMUND JACOBS CROSSBY, OF HARROW, AND JOHN MELLOR, OF FELTHAM, ENGLAND, ASBIGNORS TO PACKS (1925) LIMITED, 015 FELTHAM, ENGLAND.

i RECEPTACLE.

Kpplication filed November 21, 1927, Serial No.

the latter of slightly smaller diameter at the lower edge than the top of the carton, or

other container after the lid has been applied.

In carrying the invention into effect, the capfitting lid may be applied to the cartonyor other container and the lower portion of the rim of the lid then sealed in position by means of a serrating, corrugating or crimping tool. The depressed rim or flange of the body portion of the container on or over which the lid fits may be formed or provided with an embossed bead or the like extending around the rim and projecting sufficiently therefrom to afford an increased grip or hold on the flange of the lid when the latter is applied. The head embossed in the swaged rim of the body of the container may also be used in conjunction with a groove in the rim of the lid. In order that the invention may be clearly understood and readily carried into effect, the same will now be more fully described with reference to and by: the aid of the accompanying drawings; wherein Figures 1 and 2 illustrate in part sectional side elevation respectively a cap-fitting lid 1 before application to a receptacle, and the sa me lid applied to the receptacle and having the lower portion of its rim serrated, corrugated or crimped.

Figures 3 and 4 are similar views to Figures 1 and 2, but illustrating a further modification of cap-fitting lid for a container.

Referring to the drawing which shows the application of the invention to paper mach and the like containers 11 of the kind having a depressed rim or neck 12 adapted to receive 234,753, and in Great Britain August 26, 1926.

a cap-fitting lid 13 formed with an embossed annular bead or the like 14 which is adapted to afford an increased hold on the flange 15 of the lid 13 by its co-operation with an annular groove 16 formed in the latter, the corrugations or crimpings applied to the lid,

flange or rim 15 disposed below the groove 16 SQIWG to grip the rim or neck 12 of the container after the lid 13 has been applied. The embossed beads 14, 16 may be formed by any appropriate embossing tool or disc during or after the manufacture of the container 11 and lid 13. In some cases both a bead and a groove may be formed on both the lid and the swaged rim of the body of the container.

The form of lid shown in Figures 3 and 4 is slightly different from that of Figures 1 and 2, the flange of the latter being shown as a single thickness, whereas in the form of Figures 3 and 4, the flange is bent upon itself so that it is of double thickness.

In both forms, however, as previously described, the lower portion of the flange is, by any suitable means, corrugated or crimped inward beneath the bead 14 after it has been passed over that head in positioning the lid on the receptacle. The effect ofthis crimping, which as shown, does not extend above the bead, is to cause the lower portion of the'lid flange to closely grip the body of the recep-' tacle instead of as heretofore remaining spaced therefrom or in the position it has been caused to assume in passing over the bead 14 when the lid is being applied to the .receptacle.

We claim A receptacle comprising a body open at one 

